THE season’s leading apprentice, Chris Hayes, achieved another milestone in his blossoming career when recording his first treble, at odd of 791/1, at Gowran Park last night.

THE heavily-backed Oh Be The Hokey continued Charlie Swan’s rich vein of form when battling strongly to resist market rival, Joueur d’Estraval, in the McCarthy Group Insurance Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

PAT VERLING struck a blow for the smaller man when training and riding Sabadilla to a tremendous success in yesterday’s Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit, before an attendance of 37,394.

HORSES frequently fail to live up to hype, but one doubts if Dermot Weld’s Grey Swallow will ever be accused of that.